Ngo-1997, umlinganiswa yenziwe ngumdwebi waseKhanada uTodd McFarlane Ekugqibeleni waxhuma kwiphepha waya kwiscreen, kwimovie engaphumelelanga eyenzelwe abalandeli.
Ngoku UMcFarlane ngokwakhe uzimisele ukuhlangula iqhawe elimnyama ngefilimu entsha ezimeleyo kule iveliswe yiNew Line. Umdla womdali wayo ulele kwinto yokuba, ukusukela oko yavela ngo-1992, I-Spawn comic igcine inqanaba elithile lokuthengisa, enokunyuswa ngokuzonwabisa kumdlalo bhanyabhanya.
I-comic yazalwa isuka kwisandla se Imifanekiso yamahlaya, umpapashi owasekwa nguMcFarlane, kwaye nanamhlanje iyaqhubeka nokupapashwa kunye nokuvula i-sagas entsha. Ukunyaniseka kwekomikhi kwavumela umbhali wayo ukuba abhale Isicatshulwa esitsha sebhanyabhanya, esinebali "Ibisentloko yam kule minyaka isixhenxe okanye esi-7 idlulileyo", UMcFarlane wavuma. Injongo kukuba "Hayi isishwankathelo okanye ukuqhubeka, kodwa ibali elitsha ngokupheleleyo nelizimeleyo, elijolise kubaphulaphuli abadala" yongezwa.
Siyathemba ukuba iziphumo zingcono kakhulu kunomboniso bhanya-bhanya wegama elinye ngo-1997, apho kudlala khona uMichael Jai White, uJohn Leguizamo kunye noMartin Sheen.